Wading overshoe



l. TSHM WADING OVERSHOE Filed May 28, 1950 A TTORNEY.

Peerreei Seger, E39 i s Webm@ oyseeisoze The inveriiion reiees so irri .movements in wading oyerslioes, especially e epteel iiornse by sliermen, and hes for its primary obgect the provision ei en improved oversboe of the character indicarmi which is eepebie of ecoriornicel construciiori end; highly ecient in useg An other object oi fai/1e invention is tbe pro- `vision of am oversboe of tbe character indio esi-ed so constructed and arranged es to be especially sdepieoi to preveni, slipping of bhe user on slippery rocks or the like,

@ther objects wili appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the eombiriebions and srrengemens or paris hereinafter deseribeei and cieinieci,

The invention siii be bese miders'ooci by reference to the accompanying drawing forming e per@ ei? @bis specifics-bien, en in.

2o which Fire. 1 is e erspective View showing; en orcrsboe embo ying ille invention in posip tion of use;

Fig. 2 en enierged boibon'i pien View of the sume with portions broken sway for the sake oi clem-ness; and.

Fig. 3 s lbrensverse section miren subsientislly on liuc 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The embofiirnent of elle invention illus treted in tbe drawing comprises e suitable sole member consisting of four iongiibueiinel strands 'or stay members i0 snol il covered by transverse conact members l2. The longituriiriei ste/y members l0 smi 1i ere secured together ai iront and roer, divereing' rom the securibg` points es shown end traversing the bofiy of the solo in substantially equally spaced psrellci relation, tbe outermost strsnds 10 oxbenrling filone; tbe boriiers or eclges ci die soie member.

The transverse' members it?) consisi'l of strands es shown passed over und under `tbe members 'il end around ibo members i0, thereby forming s woven soie especially adapted and arranged to make Contact Wit slippery objecis such as rocks, logs or tbe like, long submerged in Weiser. The strands 10, l1 and 12 ere ell formed of Japanese hemp pelin iber or manila, fiber, which is strong and tough in che weter and which has sucii properties ibm when web ii, is thereby rendered stronger and rougher and also capable of clinging or adhering to slimy ox' moss covered rocks or other objects under weier or constentiy exposed to moisture, thus rendering the shoe especially adapted for use by fishermen emi. tbe like.

The soie thus provided is equipped with a body member formed of knit cords 13, said knie cords being ioopei around the 10ngi 00 tudinzii siey members 1) of the sole as shown and provided ai their upper edges with a. drew string 13, by means of which the same :may be secured in place over e boeil or shoe, as indicated in Fig; 1. By this arrange-'65 mens e simple, economical end eiicieni; over slice for use by fishermen arid the like is provided, which is sbrong, dureble end high ly efficient in use.

liliiie li. bave illustrated emi describerl the preferred form of consruction vfor carrymg my invention into eiect, this is capable of verie'ion :md modification without` defpeiriiiig from the spirit o Ebre invention. I therefore do noiJ wisb to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to ava-il myself of sucb variations and modiiications :is fell wirbin the scope of 4the appended claim.,

Having bus fully described my nyen.-` so bien, what ii clsim es new sini desire to secure by Leiiers Patent is:

A. wading; oversboe comprisino' e sole mem` bei' formed of one pair of iongitudnal stay members secured iogeiber et freni and rear', g5 divergup; from each other ei; front and rear, extending subsentieily parallel to each other throughout ille body of said sole and :indepth` eri and. arrengeoi to esinenci along enti consti1 buie edge siny members for tbe solo mem- 9o ber; en intermediate pair of longitudinal stay members secured in Contact, with each' other end with suicl first stay members al: from and rear, diverging from each other at front and rear, extending substantially -par- 05 eliel to each other and kto seid rst. stay members bbrougbout the body of seid sole, 'arranged in the interior of said sole member, andsdepied to constitute intermediate stay members therefor; transverse Contact mem- 

